Author: Colonel Paul Rodzianko C.M.G.
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
ISBN: 1589881257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Remembering life under the Romanovs “With his eye for detail, his taste for anecdote, and his sheer delight in the process of living, Rodzianko has created a delightful, if often sad, work.”―Gary Saul Morson, from his new foreword for this first American edition "Capacious, powerful, and subtle—a forgotten work with real claims to historic interest and aesthetic value . . . It is Paradise Lost as told by Dostoevsky."—Washington Independent Review of Books Born into Russian aristocracy at the end of the 19th Century, Paul Rodzianko led a life rich in love, challenged by war, and inspired by great jumping horses. With humor and infectious joy, he recounts the adventures of his charmed childhood―playing with his cousins at the Winter Palace, riding horses at his family’s many country estates, and, most spectacularly, serving as a page in the court of Tsar Nicolas II. Then, on August 1, 1914, Russia and Germany declare war on each other, and, Rodzianko writes, “The hurricane descended and swept our world away.” Serving in the Chevalier Guards, he fights first against the Germans and then, after the Revolution, against the Reds in Siberia. He writes movingly about WWI and the Russian Civil War: the initial excitement about going to war and the grim realities, the frustrating shortages of munitions and the failures of the railroads, the shocking execution of the Romanovs, and the brutal deaths of millions of young men. Tattered Banners is an evocative and haunting account of a time and people that have continued to intrigue us for more than a century.
Tattered Banners
Author: Colonel Paul Rodzianko C.M.G.
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
ISBN: 1589881257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Remembering life under the Romanovs “With his eye for detail, his taste for anecdote, and his sheer delight in the process of living, Rodzianko has created a delightful, if often sad, work.”―Gary Saul Morson, from his new foreword for this first American edition "Capacious, powerful, and subtle—a forgotten work with real claims to historic interest and aesthetic value . . . It is Paradise Lost as told by Dostoevsky."—Washington Independent Review of Books Born into Russian aristocracy at the end of the 19th Century, Paul Rodzianko led a life rich in love, challenged by war, and inspired by great jumping horses. With humor and infectious joy, he recounts the adventures of his charmed childhood―playing with his cousins at the Winter Palace, riding horses at his family’s many country estates, and, most spectacularly, serving as a page in the court of Tsar Nicolas II. Then, on August 1, 1914, Russia and Germany declare war on each other, and, Rodzianko writes, “The hurricane descended and swept our world away.” Serving in the Chevalier Guards, he fights first against the Germans and then, after the Revolution, against the Reds in Siberia. He writes movingly about WWI and the Russian Civil War: the initial excitement about going to war and the grim realities, the frustrating shortages of munitions and the failures of the railroads, the shocking execution of the Romanovs, and the brutal deaths of millions of young men. Tattered Banners is an evocative and haunting account of a time and people that have continued to intrigue us for more than a century.
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
ISBN: 1589881257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Remembering life under the Romanovs “With his eye for detail, his taste for anecdote, and his sheer delight in the process of living, Rodzianko has created a delightful, if often sad, work.”―Gary Saul Morson, from his new foreword for this first American edition "Capacious, powerful, and subtle—a forgotten work with real claims to historic interest and aesthetic value . . . It is Paradise Lost as told by Dostoevsky."—Washington Independent Review of Books Born into Russian aristocracy at the end of the 19th Century, Paul Rodzianko led a life rich in love, challenged by war, and inspired by great jumping horses. With humor and infectious joy, he recounts the adventures of his charmed childhood―playing with his cousins at the Winter Palace, riding horses at his family’s many country estates, and, most spectacularly, serving as a page in the court of Tsar Nicolas II. Then, on August 1, 1914, Russia and Germany declare war on each other, and, Rodzianko writes, “The hurricane descended and swept our world away.” Serving in the Chevalier Guards, he fights first against the Germans and then, after the Revolution, against the Reds in Siberia. He writes movingly about WWI and the Russian Civil War: the initial excitement about going to war and the grim realities, the frustrating shortages of munitions and the failures of the railroads, the shocking execution of the Romanovs, and the brutal deaths of millions of young men. Tattered Banners is an evocative and haunting account of a time and people that have continued to intrigue us for more than a century.
Flawed Banner
Author: John Harris
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755127684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
As the Nazi hordes of Germany overrun France, devouring the free world with fascist fervour, a young intelligence officer, James Woodyatt, is shipped across the Channel to find a First World War hero...an old man who may have been a spy...who may be in possession of Nazi secrets.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755127684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
As the Nazi hordes of Germany overrun France, devouring the free world with fascist fervour, a young intelligence officer, James Woodyatt, is shipped across the Channel to find a First World War hero...an old man who may have been a spy...who may be in possession of Nazi secrets.
Journal
Author: Grand Army of the Republic
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
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Scribner's Monthly
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Tattered Banners (1998-) #1
Author: Alan Grant
Publisher: Vertigo
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Social Worker Curtis Banner has contempt for his clients and his job, but the world is changing around him.
Publisher: Vertigo
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Social Worker Curtis Banner has contempt for his clients and his job, but the world is changing around him.
Heart
Author: Edmondo De Amicis
Publisher:
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Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
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Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Collier's
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
The Guardian
Author:
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Rest
Author: Janet McCall
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973665468
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
The longing for rest is a persistent theme in contemporary global culture. This book presents no cut-and-dried teaching, but rather, it explores rest together with the reader. Intended for Christians, anyone interested in the subject is welcome to come along!
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973665468
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
The longing for rest is a persistent theme in contemporary global culture. This book presents no cut-and-dried teaching, but rather, it explores rest together with the reader. Intended for Christians, anyone interested in the subject is welcome to come along!